A few years ago, I went through a very low time in my life. I didn't tell anyone, but my boss noticed something was off. She called me in to have a talk, and the result of the talk was that she suggested I see a doctor. I took her advice, and after a 5 minute consultation with the doctor, I was prescribed antidepressants.
I took them for a few days. They had an immediate effect. I didn't feel happy, neither did I feel sad. I felt numb. They turned me into a zombie devoid of emotion. I stopped after 3 days.
It took about 3 months to pull myself out of what was happening in my brain, but I did it by myself. And I am stronger for whatever it is that I experienced. If I took the advice of the doctors, I am sure I would be a shadow of myself now.
I know that depression is a real ailment, and for the small number of people who suffer from this long-term, perhaps medication is a viable treatment. But I am worried that it is handed out so readily to people like myself who had such a short-term experience of it, and no previous history of it.
If any of you guys aren't feeling right, if you don't have experience of it, and especially if it's your first time, don't trust your doctor. Keep yourself busy, get some exercise, and it will get better and most likely not return.
I took them for a few days. They had an immediate effect. I didn't feel happy, neither did I feel sad. I felt numb. They turned me into a zombie devoid of emotion. I stopped after 3 days.
It took about 3 months to pull myself out of what was happening in my brain, but I did it by myself. And I am stronger for whatever it is that I experienced. If I took the advice of the doctors, I am sure I would be a shadow of myself now.
I know that depression is a real ailment, and for the small number of people who suffer from this long-term, perhaps medication is a viable treatment. But I am worried that it is handed out so readily to people like myself who had such a short-term experience of it, and no previous history of it.
If any of you guys aren't feeling right, if you don't have experience of it, and especially if it's your first time, don't trust your doctor. Keep yourself busy, get some exercise, and it will get better and most likely not return.